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Pay employees the American Rescue Plan Act sick leave

myPay Solutions provides factual details about the American Rescue Plan Act, but it's your responsibility to make sure an employee is eligible for the sick leave.
You'll need to do the following regarding the American Rescue Plan Act sick leave:
  • Enter or report the payable hours under the Act.
  • Set up or provide the correct rates of pay.
  • Don’t advise clients on how to handle these details.
  • Direct clients to online resources or to their accountant for more advice.
  • Recommend Mammoth HR services to your clients.
    remember
    myPay Solutions clients get a significant discount due to our partnership.

Pay your employees for their sick leave

  1. Contact your Payroll Specialist and request a new wage item to track and pay the Emergency Paid Sick hours/wages.
    • The additional wage item is titled "COVID-19 ARPA (Enter special type name)".
    • A separate wage item is required for tracking purposes as employers will be able to claim a tax credit on the amounts paid in association with the Emergency Paid Sick Leave bill.
    note
    We're waiting on more details from the government relating to the business tax credits and we’ll make the necessary updates when we get them.
  2. Set up the associated payroll item as a regular/fully taxable wage item and make sure it has consistent formatting for all clients:
    • ARPA - Self Care
    • ARPA - Other Care
    • ARPA - Extended Care
  3. Once your Payroll Specialist has set up the COVID-19 pay item, activate it for the employees and install the rates.
  4. If you'd like to track and keep a running total of the available COVID-19 hours, contact your Payroll Specialist for that information.